So today I *tried* to work from home, but apparently some patch or something that was installed on my computer last week flipped my computer all the hell out. Now it won't boot in less than three hours, and I couldn't get it started at all. It was incredibly frustrating, to the point where I seriously had to take deep breaths and leave the room to keep myself from smashing it to bits. After an hour with the help desk and two hours trying to get it to boot, I rode my bike to the gym in an attempt to exhaust myself. It felt a little like the first two weeks of motherhood: out of control, exhausting, frustrating when nothing works.
ARGH.
I'll be meeting with the help desk tomorrow morning.
So anyway, tonight I'm trying to excise that frustration from my life by concentrating on the positive. I did wipe Bella's ass with a wet towel, cleaning her thoroughly. I've never had a long-haired indoor cat before, and let me just tell you, they need regular shaving, which we have not been good about. Otherwise, nastiness ensues. Also, in the second month of my attempt to lose the five stubborn pounds that have been hanging around my hips for a quarter (I know, right? It's not that much, but seriously, makes the clothes look BAD), I have a) added ten minutes to each workout b) started biking to the gym and c) reduced my intake of fries and nachos to nothing. Today I tried a little reduced-carb-intake, as well, to see if that would work. I am really tired of this five pounds. It hasn't been this hard to get five off in a while. I think I might be almost 35. Lord, help me. But the positive part is that I. Am. Trying.
Finally, Beloved cleaned the ceiling fan in our bedroom. The ceiling fan I have been staring at every night, thinking how disgusting it is and how I should clean it, only I am too lazy at that point in the evening.
So that's good.
Sometimes it's the little things.
I hate my work computer. So much.
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